Big In Bermuda

The Straight Talk Express made it straight to the home of businessmen in shorts to campaign in a country that, it should be mentioned, isn't the United States.

US Republican Presidential candidate John McCain has pledged to protect Bermuda's international businesses if he is successful in his White House bid. The Arizona Senator, who spent three days on the Island this week meeting business and political leaders, said he understood the concerns of the insurance and reinsurance sectors about draft legislation proposing a clampdown on US business operations in so-called tax havens.

Is this like that time where I went to the Caribbean for two weeks but I took my laptop with me so I could call it a "business trip"? Also, isn't McCain's campaign a little strapped for cash to be spending a week kicking it in Bermuda?

This is actually sad. It's like a rock band playing the smaller venues when the big cities don't want them anymore. This is the equivalent of REO Speedwagon at the County Fair. I look forward to watching McCain use the Martinique and Guadaloupe caucuses as a springboard to the Presidency. And one shouldn't forget the St. Vincent and the Grenadines straw poll coming up!